Slainte

Slainte, an Irish music group based out of Tacoma, WA, began executing in the summertime of 1995. Individuals inside a bluegrass and Irish jam program at the University or college of Puget Sound brought it collectively, which clarifies the band’s initial name, Puget Seems. Subsequently, the music group transformed its name to Slainte to emphasize its concentrate on traditional Irish music. The term Slainte is certainly Gaelic for “cheers” or “great wellness” and was selected to reveal the band’s wish to enjoy “exciting, danceable, and spirited music for folks of all age range.” The multi-generational music group provides players whose age range period 30 years. Associates consist of Jeff Bremer (concertina/bass), Lawson Dumbeck (electric guitar), Kent Hooper (whistles), Jean Huskamp (mandolin), Anthea Lawrence (business lead vocals/fiddle), Bob McCaffery-Lent (guitars/cittern/vocals), and Brynn Starr (fiddle/vocals). Their debut record was Glass of Tea, plus they implemented it with Slainte: the Music, Slainte: the Music, and Greatest of Slainte. Slainte’s shows carry a solid concentrate on the dance music of Ireland from reels, jigs, and polkas to slides, airs, and waltzes. The band’s vocalists also perform traditional and modern music in the Irish/Celtic idiom. Slainte provides performed at Bumbershoot, Wintergrass, Northwest Folklife Celebration, the St. Patrick’s Time Dash, the Rob Roy Highland Ball, with many civic occasions, aswell as private celebrations. Slainte also documented using the Bellevue Chamber Chorus as well as the Tacoma Youngsters Chorus, collaborations which created “interesting amalgams of traditional and traditional music.”